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Puspa Amri
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Economist at Lafayette College & Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies Indonesia.

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Puspa Amri @puspadamri.bsky.social · Apr 14
What explains media coverage on income inequality? Evidence from > 400 mn articles in 9 OECD economies.

Check out my recent work with Florence Bouvet onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
From Margins to Headlines: Analyzing the Determinants of Increased Media Focus on Income Inequality
This study examines the determinants of media coverage on income inequality across nine OECD countries from 1980 to 2021, aiming to understand its increased salience after the Global Financial Crisi.....
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Trade and Exchange Rate Competition in East Asia | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Trade and Exchange Rate Competition in East Asia - Volume 79 Issue 3
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October 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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What's in a name?
voxeu.org VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Oct 23
In many Germanic languages, the word for 'debt' also means 'guilt'. Cevat Giray Aksoy et al. find that using a guilt-laden term reduces willingness to borrow, lowers approval for government debt, & influences firms' financing plans and the framing of fiscal policy.
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Graph showing the evolution of guilt slant over time in German parliamentary speeches concerning debt. Notes: The green line (left y-axis) shows the intensity of using guilt-connoted terms in speeches supporting public debt, while the red line (left y-axis) shows the same measure for speeches opposing public debt. Intensity measures the frequency of guilt-connoted words in a speech, scaled per 10,000 words. The grey bars (right y-axis) represent the percentage of speeches in favour of public debt in each electoral term. In many Germanic languages, the word for ‘debt’ also means ‘guilt’. This column explores whether the linguistic overlap leads to greater debt aversion in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. Using a guilt-laden term reduces willingness to borrow, lowers approval for government debt, and influences firms’ financing plans and politicians’ framing of fiscal policy. While support for public debt goes down with use of the laden term, the effect disappears when the purpose of the debt is clear. Linguistic framing may help guide borrowing toward socially optimal levels.
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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A weaker dollar has brought burger-lovers more pain than gain
Our Big Mac index suggests Trump’s tariffs are not working
A weaker dollar has brought burger-lovers more pain than gain
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July 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Probably the most fun econ paper title I've seen in a while

(I think this is a cool teaching approach)

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More Cowbell: Using Inside Economics to Develop Data Literacy and Camaraderie (Kassens) - Journal of Economics Teaching
Data literacy is a critical component of doing economics well. This paper outlines using the podcast Inside Economics and a series of data literacy moments in […]
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June 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Banks often ignore risk-based regulations when profits are at stake, raising concerns about the effectiveness of current financial oversight.

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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Are banks sensitive to risk and reward in following global corporate transparency rules? Using a worldwide field experiment, this study evaluates competing predictions from expected utility, behavior...
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April 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The long-term impact of keeping versus losing one's home following a mortgage delinquency in the aftermath of the Great Recession, from Heidi Artigue, Patrick Bayer, Fernando V. Ferreira, and Stephen Ross https://www.nber.org/papers/w33692
April 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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What’s going on in the US Treasury market, and why does it matter?
Nellie Liang explains recent turmoil in U.S. Treasury markets and the potential impact on the rest of the economy.
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April 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
puspadamri.bsky.social
What explains media coverage on income inequality? Evidence from > 400 mn articles in 9 OECD economies.

Check out my recent work with Florence Bouvet onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
From Margins to Headlines: Analyzing the Determinants of Increased Media Focus on Income Inequality
This study examines the determinants of media coverage on income inequality across nine OECD countries from 1980 to 2021, aiming to understand its increased salience after the Global Financial Crisi.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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financialtimes.com
How India’s middle-class debt crisis is threatening growth

https://www.ft.com/content/8f278011-bb0a-4ef3-a4da-8ce063f5bd64
How India’s middle-class debt crisis is threatening growth
A rise in unsecured credit among a consumer group that symbolises the country’s investment potential is hurting its economic ambitions
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April 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Is it still the Economy, Carville?

Ungated paper at BJPolS
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Is It Still the Economy? Economic Voting in Polarized Politics | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Is It Still the Economy? Economic Voting in Polarized Politics - Volume 55
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April 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Tumpak Sewu Waterfall
📍Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia 🇮🇩
April 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM